Volunteering

Welcome

These pages are for Cambridge University Hospital's (CUH) volunteers, and for those who would like to become volunteers.

Volunteers at CUH provide an invaluable service, and are a great asset. They help us make life easier for both our patients and their families, by supporting our staff in providing a direct service to patients, or by helping out behind the scenes. Each year, 700 volunteers give up their free time on a regular basis to help patients throughout the Trust.

What can I do as a volunteer?

Please see the 'Volunteering Opportunities' and 'Voluntary Organisations' pages for details of volunteering roles at the Trust.

Please note that due to the number of applications we receive we cannot guarantee to place you in your preferred volunteering option at the time that you are applying. We will however do our best to offer you an alternative role or will keep your details on a waiting list for six months should a volunteer role matching your requirements become available.  Please consider this carefully before applying.

What is required from our volunteers?

Working in a hospital can be demanding, both emotionally and in terms of the workload, and as a result our volunteers need to have a high level of commitment to helping others.

All volunteers are asked to make a minimum commitment to the hospital of one session a week for at least 8 months - 1 year due to the time involved in registering you as a volunteer. Typically, a session is two to four hours.

How to apply

All prospective volunteers need to complete the online enquiry form to receive an application pack, which provides an overview of all the volunteer opportunities available at CUH and an application form.

> Enquiry form